Lecture 2

Question 1

What influences your perception based on your values and beliefs?

Answer 1

● the culture in which you live;
● what your parents taught you;
● what you learnt at school; and
● what society said was right and wrong when you were growing up

Question 2

What influence our decisions & guide our actions?

Answer 2

Values

Therefore our values serve as important moral motives

Question 3

What is the cognitive and reflective process termed values clarification?

Answer 3

• As health care professionals you will learn ‘professional values’
• We therefore have value systems composed of personal and professional values
• As part of personal professional development (PDP), we should aim to identify and examine our personal values

Question 4

What does the GMC state concerning patient’s values and beliefs?

Answer 4

Adequately assess the patients condition, taking into account THEIR VIEWS AND VALUES

You must not express your personal beliefs (political, religious and moral beliefs) to patients in ways that exploit their vulnerability or are likely to cause them distress